Poweredge 1950 6/ir intergrated sas driver for windows 2008 64 bit

PhilJSPC,

When you create the array, is it the only one created?

Are you deleting the other arrays and creating fresh?

Also, are you initializing the array after it is created? Depending on drive size this can take awhile. So if you are creating the array, starting the init and then trying to install OS you may run into issues as the initialization has yet to complete.

Now with the driver, the raid driver should be native to the OS media. So you shouldn't need a Dell utility to install, as long as the array is created and initialized prior to install.

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for your reply,

I am creating the array fresh and it is the only one. I have had another look and on the built in utility for creating the array, there doesnt seem to be an option for initializing. I select which discs I want to use tell it to create, and then it says it is activated. My only other option is to synchronize the discs.

Phil

Have you tried installing OS with just the 2008 media, or have you only tried with Dell Utilities like BUU?

I have tried using the SBUU versions 7.1 and 6.5 and I have tried setting up the array using ctrl-c on boot and then using the windows disc to create partitions. I tried So both options.

Phil